The International Crisis Group has warned that Tunisias government has been unable to address the desperate economic situation that helped spark the popular uprising that overthrew its ruler last year, adding there is a risk of new social explosions.
In its report published Wednesday, the Brussels-based organisation said the government needs to do more to deal with the problems of rising unemployment, regional economic discrepancies and corruption.
It so far has been unable to address them rapidly enough and is failing to quell the impatience of workers and unemployed youth who expect to reap the fruits of their involvement in past struggles, said the report. Economic grievances are churning right below the surface. They could once again reach full boil.
Tunisians overthrew their long-ruling dictator in January 2011, sparking a wave of pro-democracy uprisings across the region. The North African country of 10 million is being closely watched around the region in its transition to democracy after a half century of dictatorship.
gulfnews : Warning of economic woes in Tunisia